Dear Friends,

Art has switched his messages tag line back to “the days are getting shorter and I hope it snows soon.” I have tried to sanction him for this depressing message but he is persistent. Independence Day is over and the Warren 4th of July Parade was action-packed. Prickly Mountain built a gigantic yellow submarine and an even more gigantic octopus. As usual, my position was under the float, this time raising and lowering the octopus head as marine life danced around the float. Right before the parade started, Vermont’s own Bernie Sanders stopped by our float to chat just as he has done for decades. It was great to see Bernie in the parade.

About half way through the parade route the guys on the outside of the float started shouting – “back-up, back-up”. Now, our floats are pretty much carefully engineered to make it by people power the length of the parade route. We don’t know back-up. Well, there was only minor damage as we got out of the way of the fire truck that had to quickly put out a fire in one of the floats in front of us.

It looks like a great year for blueberries as my bushes are loaded! Could be some blueberry pies, pancakes and muffins in my future.

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